INSTITUTO SUPERIOR “JOSEFINA CONTTE”- PROFESORADO DE INGLÉS

CURSO INTRODUCTORIO – MOCK TEST - 2024–

CRITERIOS DE EVALUACIÓN
-Comprender consignas.
-Utilizar vocabulario específico y estructuras correspondientes al nivel en diferentes tipos de ejercitación.
-Inferir y extraer información requerida.
-Producir textos coherentes, cohesivos y adecuados a la consigna.
-Se desestimará todo examen que no cumpla con el punto E (WRITING)

Name and surname: …………...…………………………..…I. C. Nº: ……………… Total score: ……………/50 pts

PART 1

READING COMPREHENSION

1. Read the article and complete the gaps (1–5) with the sentences (A–E). (15 p- 3 each)

Some people are very lucky and have a vocation.

A. One job leads to another and you acquire various skills along the way.
B. Working from home means you have to be very disciplined and focused.
C. Perhaps there will be a return to smaller communities becoming more self-sufficient.
D. I for one, can’t think of anyone.
E. And home is a ‘workplace’ in much the same way as the traditional workplace.

Think carefully before you choose.

The world of work has changed so much over the past couple of decades that it can often be quite challenging to decide
which career path to follow. (0) Some people are very lucky and have a vocation. They know exactly what they want to do
and have always done so. For others, however, the choices can be far harder to make. When you consider that you might
well be spending fifty years in the workplace, as the retirement age rises, you will realise just how important it is to spend
some time thinking about what it is you really want to do.

A. Of course, we are not all lucky enough to have the ‘perfect’ job. How many people do you know who can honestly
say they wake up every morning excited about the day ahead with all its demands and challenges? (1) Perhaps
there will be a return to smaller communities becoming more self-sufficient.
It’s more a case of ‘well it’s almost the weekend’.

A. Most people would say that they just ‘fell’ into the line of work they’re doing. They knew someone who knew
someone or they just happened to be in the right place at the right time. After that, there’s a natural progression.
(2)_ One job leads to another and you acquire various skills along the way._____ ____.
Increasingly, however, in this age of technology, people are choosing to work from home rather than going out to work. (3)
And home is a ‘workplace’ in much the same way as the traditional workplace __________________________ It is an
environment which needs to function, the only difference being that there you are likely to be working on your own, which
in itself can be problematic if isolation does not suit your temperament.

A. (4) _ Working from home means you have to be very disciplined and focused.
_____________ You need to have a clear division between home as a place to relax and home as a place to work, ideally
with a separate office so that you can shut the door at the end of the working day. This existence is not for everyone and is
something that should be considered very carefully.

A. It is hard to predict how working patterns will change over the next twenty years as unemployment levels rise, but I
imagine that the workplace as we know it will disappear as more and more people find new ways to work. (5) I for
one, can’t think of anyone.
____ Only time will tell.

2. Read again and answer True (T) or false (F). Correct the false sentences. (10 p-2p each)
A. Taking time to decide what you want to do for a living is overestimated. F
B. Most people are not completely satisfied with the job choices. T
C. Working from home has become new fashion. F
D. If being alone doesn’t bother you, working from home will be difficult.T
E. Having a clear division between home and home office isn’t easy for everybody. T

3. Find a word/ phrase which means… (5p. 1p each)

 INSTITUTO SUPERIOR “JOSEFINA CONTTE”- PROFESORADO DE INGLÉS
CURSO INTRODUCTORIO – MOCK TEST - 2024–
CRITERIOS DE EVALUACIÓN
-Comprender consignas.
-Utilizar vocabulario específico y estructuras correspondientes al nivel en diferentes tipos de ejercitación.
-Inferir y extraer información requerida.
-Producir textos coherentes, cohesivos y adecuados a la consigna.
-Se desestimará todo examen que no cumpla con el punto E (WRITING)

A. the period in someone's life after they have stopped working because of having reached a particular age.
(paragraph 1) _____________________
B. If you say that something is______________, you mean that it is true or correct. (phrase- paragraph 2)
____________________
C. at the time of being (phrase- paragraph 4)____________________
D. the conditions that you live or work in and the way that they influence how you feel or how effectively you can
work (paragraph 4) ______________________
E. the number of people who do not have a job that provides money (paragraph 6) _____________________

WRITING

Write a short paragraph answering the following question Which is the hardest decision you have ever made so far?

You must write between 80-100 words.

Paragraph writing: criteria

1- Content: Students convey meaning. They get to the task. 9p

2- Accuracy: Grammar mistakes, punctuation, spelling. 6p

3- Coherence and cohesion. Length 5p

TOTAL 20 p